49 persons attended this event. The evaluation report is here. PDFs of presentations will be available for attendees shortly. Some comments received are given below:

"Thank you - a good meeting as ever!"

"Really helpful day! Worth revisiting in 12 months."

"Thank you, a great day. My 1st assessment (micro) is in 2 weeks - perfect timing to give me more confidence when they arrive!"

"Sticky notes was a good idea!"

"Very instructive - learnt a lot and taking away a deal of help in our upcoming inspection."

"Interesting to see that many common findings raised at different sites. A great platform for shared learning!"

"Quality Management of POCT", Wednesday 8th June 2016

42 persons attended this event. The evaluation report is here. PDFs of presentations will be available for attendees shortly. Some of the comments on the evaluation forms were:

"Really enjoyed the day; lots of useful information. Fantastic to have an actual ISO inspector present."

"Very enjoyable, helpful meeting. I will keep AQMLM meetings in mind for the future."

"Personally surprised how much I learned and enjoyed today!"

"Effective EQA Management", Tuesday 8th March 2016

35 persons attended this event. The evaluation report is here. PDfs of presentations will be available for attendees shortly. Some of the comments on the evaluation forms were:

"An excellent seminar - thank you! A useful addition would have been a speaker from a laboratory recently accredited to ISO15189 to pass on how EQA is managed within their laboratory."

"The meeting was so interesting and gave me a chance to know more people."

"Too much Chemistry!"

"A bit Biochemistry heavy for me!"

"More Histology based talks (needed) especially from UKAS. I realise people have their own areas of interest but topics could be more general."

"Some useful thoughts but can be difficult to relate to non-numeric discipline ie histology without a clinical chemistry background."

In our defence, we did try to get speakers fom EQA services in Histology and Microbiology, but none were available or willing to contribute to the programme.

"Information Management" Symposium, Tuesday, 10th November 2015.

50 persons attended this event. The evaluation report is here. Attendees who would like pdfs of the presentations should request the Dropbox folder link using the Contact form.

A horizontally striped scarf was left behind at this meeting. If you think it is yours, please send us an email with its description and we will post it on!

Some comments received:

There were no negative comments about the presentations but a few people had concerns about not being able to see the screen at the back and the lack of female toilets. We can address the former but not the latter, regrettably! There were a number of positive comments about the talks:

"The speakers were very knowledgeable!"

"It was great of the expert patient to do this - very thought-provoking!"

"Wow! I need to learn more!"

"Generally interesting - lots of things I've never heard of - very useful"

"Very good to have patient experience as part of the programme."

"Audit Theory & Practice" Workshop, Thursday 17th September 2015.

25 persons attended this event. The evaluation report is here. Attendees who would like pdfs of the presentations should request the Dropbox folder link using the Contact form.

Some comments received:

"Thank you for a very informative and enjoyable day."

"I have learnt quite a lot - very useful for any future audits."

"Was good to do group exercises with more experienced delegates and good to network with other delegates."

"Group activities were a good way of applying knowledge and sharing ideas."

"Easier to discuss audit exercises when we had specific examples. Very good to understand the ISO standards."

"Very nice sessions & speakers!"

"Good idea to have group audit exercises. Relaxed informal discussion was great.

"I really enjoyed the day - learned a lot and got a lot out of it. Made very welcome - well worth the trip from Glasgow! Audit exercise was very useful for thinking about producing checklists and I will definitely be reviewing my checklists in light of this. Thank you for a very enjoyable, useful day!"

"Enjoyed the day & the afternoon exercises."

The main suggestion for improvement was that there should be more copies of the group audit exercises papers.

"Having had colleagues attend the psychology of quality management day, I would be interested in this being run again."

"Good to have a UKAS assessor to ask questions."

"All talks were very good but due to my background, naturally more pulled in by certain ones.."

"Helpful to hear peoples' experience of assessment."

"Invaluable to have a UKAS Assessor in attendance."

"It was a brilliant meeting - thank you very much."

There was one adverse comment on the relevance of the Andrology talk and othere relating to the adequacy of the venue and having and earlier finish time rather than the educational content.

"Psychology of Laboratory Medicine" Seminar, Tuesday 12th May 2015

35 persons attended this event. The evaluation report (29 responses) is here. Attendees who would like pdfs of the presentations should request the Dropbox link using the Contact form.

Some comments received:

"Layout of room much more friendly & engaging for networking. Presentations very thought-provoking."

"Excellent meeting!"

"Very informative meeting"

"Cabaret seating much better than rows; temperature well controlled"

"Temperature reasonable!"

"Enjoyable day - thank you!"

There were no adverse comments or suggestions for improvement.

"Audit Theory & Practice" Workshop, Tuesday 10th March 2015

34 persons attended this event. The evaluation report (24 responses) is here. Attendees who would like pdfs of the presentations should request the Dropbox link using the Contact form.

Some comments received:

"Great informative event - my first AQMLM event"

"Interesting discussion points"

The only adverse comments were on the temperature of the room and the inadequate number of toilets!

"Impact of the Barnes Review on Quality Management" Symposium, Wednesday 12th November 2014.

64 persons attended this event. The evaluation report chart (36 responses) is here. We believe that this Symposium achieved the highest overall scores of our recent events. We were pleased that the extra plasma screens worked well; these will be used again! Attendees who would like pdfs of the presentations should request the Dropbox link using the Contact form. JGM 27.11.14

Some comments received:

"Very good speakers; very useful!"

"Great to have Debra talking from the QM's point of view."

"Some talks were excellent."

"Microphones & second screens were a useful addition."

"Additional screens were very useful - an improvement on previous meetings."

"Another excellent meeting - well done!"

The only adverse comments related to the venue, timing of the breaks and finish time.

The evaluation report chart (45 respondents) is available here. Most people were very happy, the few criticisms coming from people from the non-numeric disciplines who found the afternoon talks too chemistry-orientated. They can be reassured that we will address these criticisms in the main Seminar on Traceability & Uncertainty on the 11th March next year.

A grey scarf with butterflies and cherubs on it was left behind behind in the conference room. If it is yours, please get in touch!

JGM

Audit Workshop, 16th September 2013

A chart of the evaluation responses (32/34 attendees) is here. I think we achieved some quality improvement! Whereas most of the responses were positive, several attendees felt having handouts of the talks would be useful. Our view is that it is better for people to listen and interact with the speakers, and, of course, synchronised page-turning is a distraction!

Copies of the presentations will be made available to all attendees in dues course.

Audit Workshop, 2nd July 2013

Please go here for a chart of the evaluation responses (37/44 returned). The rather low score for Alan's talk on writing reports resulted from participants requiring more specific practical guidance. This will be addressed for the repeat of this Workshop on 16th September 2013. Registration for this is now open on the Forthcoming Events page.

Some interesting suggestions were made at the Members' Forum for future events which are being followed up. These will be announced on the Forthcoming events page in due course.

Management Review Workshop 25th April 2012

Please go here for a chart of the evaluation scores from attendees (30/32 forms returned).

Pretty nearly everyone was very happy with all aspects of the Workshop. A few people suggested that we might have moved people around the tables to widen the opportunities for discussion, so we will take this on board for next Workshop.

The two presentations are now available on request by those who attended the Workshop. Please use the Contact form.

Fully paid up AQMLM members who did not attend the Workshop may purchase the presentations for £10 here. (You must be signed in to your account.)

Non-members who did not attend the Workshop may purchase the presentations for £20 here. (You must have a website account and be signed in.)

A significant minority of delegates questioned the relevance of the session on the assessment of clinical competency and wanted more practical information on how to assess competency in the workplace. We accept this criticism but would point out that revalidation of medical colleagues is heading rapidly for non-medical scientists, that this was a Symposium rather than a Workshop, and the talks were primarily intended to present the concepts and mechanisms that are in place or being developed. If there is a need for a practical Workshop on this topic, we would be happy to organise one; please contact us if you have any comments or suggestions for this.

The presentations at the Symposium are available to all those who attended on individual request using the Contact form. Members and non-members may purchase them by following the appropriate link on the Downloads page..

A summary and copies of the presentations will be made available soon.

November 2010 Symposium - "Good Practice"

You may download a pdf of the November 2010 Evaluation Summary chart here. The chart shows in histogram format, the mean of the scores given by delegates attending for each element of the Symposium and each presentation. We hope you will agree that this was once again a very satisfactory result!

November 2009 Symposium outcome - "Quality in Laboratory Medicine"

You may download a pdf of the November 2009 Evaluation Summary chart here. The chart shows in histogram format, the mean of the scores given by delegates attending for each element of the Symposium and each presentation. We hope you will agree that this was a very satisfactory result for our first meeting!

Electronic copies of the presentations given at the Symposium are available on the Downloads pages:

All paid up AQMLM members, irrespective of whether they attended the Symposium, can download the presentations free of charge from the Members' Downloads page.

A charge of £25 for the complete set of presentations is payable by non-members. This set can be purchased from the Non-Members' Downloads page.